Klarinet Archive - Posting 000091.txt from 2007/09

From: clarni bass <clarnibass@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] trill fingering
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:44:32 -0400

Also possible is same as your third suggestion but
instead of holdingthat pad with the right hand, hold
it with the left first finger and cover the hole with
a further part of the finger. Also depends what you
have before/after the trill.

--- Glenn Kantor <klarinet@-----.net> wrote:

> (same message with the typos corrected)
>
> There are a few choices, but all of them have their
> drawbacks.
>
> The most common way, if your clarinet permits it, is
> to finger the C# and
> just use the bottom right side key. However, the
> resulting D# is flat.
>
> The second most common way, is to play the C#, and
> trill to the D# using
> the standard fingering. Coordination between lifting
> 2 fingers and adding
> the side key (for the D#) will take practice to
> make it smooth.
>
> A third, more interesting way to play the trill,
> which will only work if you
> have adequate time, and the trill is isolated, is to
> play the C#, and WITH
> THE FIRST FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND hold down the
> small pad between the E and
> D. Then you can trill to D# by lifting the middle
> finger of the left hand.
>
> Be careful not to drop the clarinet :-)
>
> Glenn B Kantor
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glenn Kantor" <klarinet@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 4:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] trill fingering
>
>
> > There are a few choices, but all of them have
> their drawbacks.
> >
> > The most common way, if you clarinet permits it,
> is to finger the C# and
> > just use the bottom right side key. However, the
> resulting D# is flat.
> >
> > The second most common way, is to play the C#,
> and trill to the D# using
> > the standard fingering. Coordination between
> lifting 2 fingers and adding
> > the side key (for the D#) will take practice to
> make it smooth.
> >
> > A third, more interesting way to play the trill,
> which will only work if
> > you have adequate time, and the trill is isolated,
> is to play the C#, and
> > WITH THE FIRST FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND hold down
> the small pad between
> > the E and D. Then you can trill to D# but lifting
> the middle finger of
> > the left hand.
> >
> > Be careful not to drop the clarinet :-)
> >
> > Glenn B Kantor
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Curtis Bennett" <curtis.bennett@-----.com>
> > To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 4:01 PM
> > Subject: [kl] trill fingering
> >
> >
> >> In community band, we came across a trill that
> neither myself, nor my
> >> fellow 1st chair clarinetist could figure out how
> to play elegantly.
> >>
> >> C# to D#. - this is 1 line below the staff C#
> (left hand). Any ideas?
> >> The C# key overrides the Eb/D# key, so that to
> trill it seems I have
> >> to alternate the two.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Curtis Bennett
> >>
> >>
>
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